Honest to God, just when you think it's over...out comes the villian who you thought was finished comes back wheeling a knife/machette/bazooka/half frozen Codfish.
You can hardly get a clear call 5 out of 10 times, yet somehow they can track you? If I was paranoid, I'd say that the interference is introduced by bored technicians just for fun.....to screw with us.
I can see some pimply faced CSR hitting a big red button to make a random call drop on the network and laughing with his looser friends waiting for quitting time.
No offense, but I don't give a shit what snopes says. As a former teller, I know how fast things clear and even back when that was my job title, if it was from an unknown bank (think out of town) it was treated as suspicous and subject to a 10 day hold before the funds were available (save the first $100 as per the law). The check typically cleared or bounced within 3 to 5 days unless it was drawn on the US Treasury...they took forever. That was circa '90's. Things have sped up quite a bit in the past two years to where checks clear almost overnight. Well within the 3-5 days as before.
Next time you're in the bank, chat them up and ask how fast things clear these days.
Disclaimer: This applies to US banks. If you're talking about Somali banks or something...YMMV.
I had a switch die that tied two machines together (small switch, small shop). Went to CC on a Sunday to grab a cross-over cable to tide me over until Monday when I could order a replacement from our supplier.....they wanted over $46 for a 14 footer (all they had). Yeah, f#ck that. I rolled over to BB and picked up a Netgear 5 port switch for under $30 (if I remember correctly). Incredible.
Yeah, except smarts and hotness are inversly proportianal in most cases. What good is getting access when the bubblehead can't figure out what a wiring closet looks like.
It comes with a detachable crank. You stick it in the front of the engine and turn over, being careful to start at the bottom of the stroke, or you could break your arm if it kicks back.
That guy was Radar and it was in the very early episodes....I remember a cheezy "x-ray" that showed the outline of the parts along with a steering wheel.
There would still be a horrendous amount of heat generated. That would radiate through the panels and cook the roof. One sun does a pretty good job if the attic isn't properly vented (don't ask me how I know that), I can only imagine how fast 326 suns would do the job.
Unless you want to talk about putting asbestos between the panels and the roof, but that brings a whole new set of problems (resale value?)
Sure, because the heat of 326 suns concentrated on the roof wouldn't create ANY problems at all.....no, not on an asphault roof....none that I can think of.
Actually, only partially....but you bring up an interesting recollection of having to load Trumpet Winsock on Windows 3.11 since there wasn't a SLIP provider included. Also, I can't remember the ISP I used, the first one was Compuserve, the second was a long distance call to a free SLIP orpvider in Chicago I think...I just paid for the phone call. The next one was Delphi I think....I can't remember for sure. That's where the text captures occured.
I also remember fingering a soft drink machine at RIT to see if it was low on Coke...and thinkig it was cool. I remember my wife asking why I cared since I didn't go to RIT. What the hell does she know? I was dialing long distance to ask a freakin machine if it was low on stock....of course it's worth it.
All you damn whipper snappers....in my day, you would access NNTP binary newsgroups via CLI, capturing the text as it scrolled by and saving to unencode to view.
And we LIKED it complicated. It made us look smarter than we were. So WHAT if it took two hours to get a half dozen nekkid pics.
Ah, those were the days....I'm off to fire up my Archie client.
Or the guy defusing it is color blind (that's why he's wearing orange pants and a lime green shirt).
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They're probably the same idiots who were claiming that 2000 was going to throw us into the dark ages. I remember listening to someone on the radio (not the overnight cookoo show but actual daytime talk) talking about the fact that IC's have permiated our life. Cars, TV's, toasters (really?) VCR's, railroad switches......and I remmeber my first thought was....when was the last time my TV or VCR cared what the date was? Same with the car. WTF? So if I miss taping an episode of Star Trek...will life as we know it stop?
They should add a line to the Death and taxes saying to include DoomsDayers.
There are used textbooks on Amazon for $0.01 plus shipping. Return a few bottles and cans and you can fill your bookshelves. Shit, try the local college at the end of the semester. Post something on the bulliten board offering to by used text books. Your phone will ring off the hook.
If you meant they should be given out free, well then I guess we're on two different planets.
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Honest to God, just when you think it's over...out comes the villian who you thought was
finished comes back wheeling a knife/machette/bazooka/half frozen Codfish.
1. I noticed that immediatly and reposted below since editing isn't allowed.
2. This is slashdot...come on now...RTFA?
And finally, a hearty fuck you to you.
They figured out how to read the EXIM data stream.
BRILLIANT!
I agree, mass internal bleeding? That is some f#cking intense low pressure...kind of like outer space
WOOOOO!
You can hardly get a clear call 5 out of 10 times, yet somehow they can track you?
If I was paranoid, I'd say that the interference is introduced by bored technicians just for fun.....to screw with us.
I can see some pimply faced CSR hitting a big red button to make a random call drop on the network and laughing with his looser friends waiting for quitting time.
OK, fine Mr. killjoy....
TWO bags!
Really, even if one bag isn't thick enough to totally block the signals, it surely diminishes it.
That they're opening the window and letting the heat out?
Maybe attaching a fan to help move the air?
Brilliant!
No offense, but I don't give a shit what snopes says. As a former teller, I know how fast things clear and even back when that was my job title, if it was from an unknown bank (think out of town) it was treated as suspicous and subject to a 10 day hold before the funds were available (save the first $100 as per the law). The check typically cleared or bounced within 3 to 5 days unless it was drawn on the US Treasury...they took forever. That was circa '90's. Things have sped up quite a bit in the past two years to where checks clear almost overnight. Well within the 3-5 days as before.
Next time you're in the bank, chat them up and ask how fast things clear these days.
Disclaimer: This applies to US banks. If you're talking about Somali banks or something...YMMV.
I'm a taxpayer - I don't give a shit about it
So....the game company isn't?
So if someone fucks with you and your livelyhood, I'm sure you'd give them a pass as well?
Except things clear much faster than a few weeks.
It will show up as bad within a few days.
I had a switch die that tied two machines together (small switch, small shop). Went to CC on a Sunday to grab a cross-over cable to tide me over until Monday when I could order a replacement from our supplier.....they wanted over $46 for a 14 footer (all they had). Yeah, f#ck that. I rolled over to BB and picked up a Netgear 5 port switch for under $30 (if I remember correctly). Incredible.
If the cableing was installed correctly (and not a retrofit situation), then there should be at least one staple somewhere holding it to the wall, eh?
What's also funny is that my router gives me better throughput with WPA/AES than WEP
That's because your router is laughing at you using WEP in between encrypting/decrypting the packets....that's why it takes longer.
Yeah, except smarts and hotness are inversly proportianal in most cases.
What good is getting access when the bubblehead can't figure out what a wiring closet looks like.
It comes with a detachable crank. You stick it in the front of the engine and turn over, being careful to start at the bottom of the stroke, or you could break your arm if it kicks back.
That guy was Radar and it was in the very early episodes....I remember a cheezy "x-ray" that showed the outline of the parts along with a steering wheel.
I know that.
There would still be a horrendous amount of heat generated. That would radiate through the panels and cook the roof. One sun does a pretty good job if the attic isn't properly vented (don't ask me how I know that), I can only imagine how fast 326 suns would do the job.
Unless you want to talk about putting asbestos between the panels and the roof, but that brings a whole new set of problems (resale value?)
Sure, because the heat of 326 suns concentrated on the roof wouldn't create ANY problems at all.....no, not on an asphault roof....none that I can think of.
I'd have to think hard about that one.....prison? or bus?
I'll take Prison for $100, Alex.
Great News!
My Mosaic 1.0 is safe!
Actually, only partially....but you bring up an interesting recollection of having to load Trumpet Winsock on Windows 3.11 since there wasn't a SLIP provider included. Also, I can't remember the ISP I used, the first one was Compuserve, the second was a long distance call to a free SLIP orpvider in Chicago I think...I just paid for the phone call. The next one was Delphi I think....I can't remember for sure. That's where the text captures occured.
I also remember fingering a soft drink machine at RIT to see if it was low on Coke...and thinkig it was cool. I remember my wife asking why I cared since I didn't go to RIT. What the hell does she know? I was dialing long distance to ask a freakin machine if it was low on stock....of course it's worth it.
All you damn whipper snappers....in my day, you would access NNTP binary newsgroups via CLI, capturing the text as it scrolled by and saving to unencode to view.
And we LIKED it complicated. It made us look smarter than we were. So WHAT if it took two hours to get a half dozen nekkid pics.
Ah, those were the days....I'm off to fire up my Archie client.
Or the guy defusing it is color blind
(that's why he's wearing orange pants and a lime green shirt).
They're probably the same idiots who were claiming that 2000 was going to throw us into the dark ages. I remember listening to someone on the radio (not the overnight cookoo show but actual daytime talk) talking about the fact that IC's have permiated our life. Cars, TV's, toasters (really?) VCR's, railroad switches......and I remmeber my first thought was....when was the last time my TV or VCR cared what the date was? Same with the car. WTF? So if I miss taping an episode of Star Trek...will life as we know it stop?
They should add a line to the Death and taxes saying to include DoomsDayers.
You're kidding, right?
There are used textbooks on Amazon for $0.01 plus shipping. Return a few bottles and cans and you can fill your bookshelves. Shit, try the local college at the end of the semester. Post something on the bulliten board offering to by used text books. Your phone will ring off the hook.
If you meant they should be given out free, well then I guess we're on two different planets.